Global Patent Index - EP 2293673 B1

EP 2293673 B1 20170503 - QUICK CORN NIXTAMALIZATION PROCESS

Title (en)

QUICK CORN NIXTAMALIZATION PROCESS

Title (de)

SCHNELLVERFAHREN FÜR DIE NIXTAMALISIERUNG VON MAIS

Title (fr)

PROCESSUS DE NIXTAMALISATION RAPIDE DU MAÏS

Publication

EP 2293673 B1 20170503 (EN)

Application

EP 09751644 A 20090522

Priority

  • US 2009044964 W 20090522
  • US 12576908 A 20080522

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2009143416A1] A process for the production of fresh masa, nixtamalized flour and derived products. The invention is a new process tor production of com masa (dough) to be used in the production of tortillas, fried or baked tortilla chips, tostadas, or corn chips. The new process produces masa directly from raw materials without the traditional cooking and steeping steps. It utilizes a series of processing steps including dry blending, hydrating and working dough in an extruder having a unique screw configuration. The new process uses very little water and emits no waste water.

IPC 8 full level

A21D 8/00 (2006.01); A21D 6/00 (2006.01); A21D 13/00 (2017.01); A23L 7/10 (2016.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A21D 6/00 (2013.01 - EP US); A21D 13/42 (2016.12 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2009143416 A1 20091126; AU 2009248950 A1 20091126; AU 2009248950 B2 20120315; BR PI0913005 A2 20150804; CA 2724529 A1 20091126; CA 2724529 C 20120515; CL 2009001257 A1 20110218; CN 102083320 A 20110601; CN 102083320 B 20130410; EP 2293673 A1 20110316; EP 2293673 A4 20140716; EP 2293673 B1 20170503; MX 2010012770 A 20110315; PE 20100419 A1 20100606; RU 2010152444 A 20120627; RU 2460301 C1 20120910; TW 201012395 A 20100401; TW I388285 B 20130311; US 2009291186 A1 20091126; US 8110239 B2 20120207; ZA 201008284 B 20111026

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2009044964 W 20090522; AU 2009248950 A 20090522; BR PI0913005 A 20090522; CA 2724529 A 20090522; CL 2009001257 A 20090522; CN 200980118194 A 20090522; EP 09751644 A 20090522; MX 2010012770 A 20090522; PE 2009000718 A 20090522; RU 2010152444 A 20090522; TW 98117026 A 20090522; US 12576908 A 20080522; ZA 201008284 A 20101118